Ideas on what's causing my click/tick/rattle noise?

halfafish said

Work looms for the next three days. I'll keep chipping away at this, but any further ideas are warmly welcomed to eliminate internal block issues.

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The one good thing you got going for you when you finally pull this motor back out and inspect what's going on inside is that you just put it in recently and everything is clean and your knowledge of taking it in and out has been sharpened. And by the time you get it back in your knowledge will be razor sharp LOL...
And when you take it back out this time for god sakes clean the fender walls...:thumbsup:...